Thursday, January 27, 2011

Slow January

January has been pretty slow here on the blog.  The Book Safari did not turn out like I had hoped, both in the book search and interest.  Though I do very much appreciate those of you who participated.  This led me to be a bit discouraged and kinda ignore the blog for a little while.  Well, that was January, and this uhh….s till January.  Anyway, I have read some great stuff lately and did manage to find a COUPLE decent books.   Their will be more content soon.  Thanks for sticking with me.

 

Oh and Feb 1st will be the announcement of the 30 dollar gift card winner, so stay tuned.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Elusive Quarry

So the Book Safari went off without a hitch…. ok not true.  There was one hitch, I did not find a single book from the target list, and it was not for lack of trying.  PoseySessions and I hit 5 used book stores and 3 thrift shops in Las Vegas over a 2 day period, and while she came home with a truckload of finds, I carried my meager three books back to Utah a bit dejectedly.

Very sorry to those of you who contributed to the target list.  But stay tuned, we will announce the winner of the $30 gift certificate to one of our lucky followers (PoseySessions not included) on or around Feb. 1st.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

THE HUNT BEGINS!!!

And here we are in Las Vegas sitting at a nice breakfast before we break out into the unknown wilderness that is the jungle of used book stores. I have been waiting for this trip for a long time and I am happy to be here with my best girl enjoying a little bit of time away.

Yesterday we hit a few thrift shops and found no list items, boooo hooo! But today should be more promising as we set out for about 7 used bookstores in the Las Vegas area.

Wish us luck! and good luck to all of you who have books in the list (which has a couple new additions)

1. The Man Eaters of Kumaon - Jim Corbett
2. The Glass Bees - Ernst Junger
3. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
4. James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon - Julie Phillips (dreamsandspec)
5. Morality, Harm, and the Law ed. -Gerald Dworkin (dreamsandspec)
6. The Cross Time Engineer - Leo Frankowski (Carrie)
7.The name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (Shanyn)
8.The desert Spear - Peter V Brett (Shanyn)


Only 8 books on the target list but we will do our best to find them, we will have an instant update if we track one down.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Book Safari Update!

The Hunt begins Jan 10 and completes on the 12th. The updated list is below. There are some spots open, so toss your hat into the ring and lets see if we can find a few more gems!

List:

1. The Man Eaters of Kumaon - Jim Corbett
2. The Glass Bees - Ernst Junger
3. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
4. James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon - Julie Phillips (dreamsandspec)
5. Morality, Harm, and the Law ed. -Gerald Dworkin (dreamsandspec)
6. The Cross Time Engineer - Leo Frankowski (Carrie)
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That is how the list looks so far! If you submitted more books don't be discouraged, looks like there might be plenty of room left to fit them all in.
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